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Idiom

To Know Autumn from a Single Leaf

传统表达 · classical sources · four-character fixed expression

to infer a broader change from one early sign

一叶知秋

Poetry

Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

William Shakespeare · English Renaissance · sonnet

A meditation on beauty, time, and poetry’s claim to preserve the beloved beyond summer and death.

十四行诗第十八首:我可否把你比作夏日?

Poetry

Mooring for the Night on the Jiande River

孟浩然 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

I move the boat and moor by a misted sandbar; the sun sets, and a traveler's sorrow is new again. The plain is wide, the sky hangs below the trees; the river is clear, and the moon comes close to a person.

宿建德江

Poetry

Drinking Alone under the Moon I

李白 · Tang dynasty · five-character old-style verse

Among the flowers, a jug of wine; I drink alone, with no companion near. I raise my cup and invite the bright moon— with my shadow, we become three.

月下独酌·其一

Idiom

Drawing Legs on a Snake

佚名 · Warring States story · four-character fixed expression

to ruin something by overdoing it

画蛇添足

Poetry

Gazing at the Remaining Snow on Zhongnan

祖咏 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

The northern ridge of Zhongnan stands out fine; its banked snow floats at the edge of the clouds. Above the treetops the clearing sky brightens, and in the city the evening cold increases.

终南望余雪

Idiom

Blossoms in Bloom, Moon at Its Fullest

传统表达 · since the Song–Yuan period · four-character fixed expression

a wish for happiness and reunion

花好月圆